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L. O. MECABE.

GAME BOARD.

No. 417,262. Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS .llEUABE, OF ELIZABETH, NE \V JERSEY.

GAME-BQARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,262, dated December17, 1889.

Application filed Maya, 1889. Serial No. 310,202. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS C. MECABE, a citizen'of the United States,residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain Improvements in Gain e-Boards, of which thefollowing a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient and cheapgame-board whereon a variety of games may be arranged and playedinterchangeablyas, for example, pool, bowl- I attain this object in thecombination as illustrated and described in the accompanying drawingsand specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a top view of myimproved game-board. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal central section ofthe same. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section at line a: a: of Fig.2. Fig. t represents a side elevation of the spring-gun Fig. 5, a frontview, and Fig. 6 a top view.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, A represents the game board as it appears without themovable pieces, and it is provided with a number of pockets at a, formedback of the facial board 0, as shown in Fig. 1.

I) are side pockets or racks tapering in form,

and are made of flexible wire, so that they can be used as cushions, andtapering, so as to give almost any angle desired in playingcushion-shots. These pockets 1) are located on the face of the table orboard A, as represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, and arefirmly secured to the face and sides thereof. They also serve as pocketsfor the balls in the different games to be played.

6 are indentations for spotting the balls or pins to be used in thegames. The larger pockets 1 cl are for balls or pieces to be used inplaying. The facial board 0 is provided with ports I) b, for the purposeof admitting the balls to pockets at a.

D is a swivel spring-gun, and it has a standard which is slotted at hfor the reception of the trigger i.

g is a flat spring, (shown in Fig. 5 at E,) which is fastened to the topof the standard D, and is controlled and operated by means of thetrigger 1', which is securely fastened to said spring at m, and it isnotched at n, so as to catch into standard and to hold the spring intoposition ready to be operated by the player. This swivel spring-gun D isalso pro vided with a ball-holder 7e and socket-pin Z, said pin to fitin a round socket 0, so as to allow the spring-gun to have a swivelmovement, as shown at F, Fig. 6, for the purpose of proj ectingballs atany angle desired by the player. The ball-holder is made concave to holdthe ball to be projected, and it has a handle j, which is a part of it.The swivel movement of the gun is controlled by means of the handlej,which is securely fastened to the standard.

In playing a game of pool the player places a group of balls over thespots indicated by the indentations e, or as many balls as are requiredin the game of pool. Place the springgun into the socket 0, then drawback the trigger 1'. until the notch it catches in face of the standardh, and then place the projecting ball onto the ball-holder 7c. The guncan then be manipulated by means of the handle The trigger is thenreleased from the standard and the ball is projected forward by means ofthe spring gin the direction desired by the player. All the ballspocketed by each player must be removed from the pockets or racks, (asin pool.) The game is continued until all the balls have been pocketed.

In bowling, place the pins over the spots indicated by the indentationsc and use the spring-gun as in other games.

To play the game of keeps, place a marble in front of each port 1 andusea specified number of shooters 0r projecting marbles. If a marble isdisplaced by a shot and not driven into the pocket, the player loses theshooter. If the marble is pocketed, the opponent gives the player threemarbles.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1.. In a game-board, the table A, having raised sides and ends andconstructed witha facial board 0, provided with ports I), the pockets aat one end of the table, and tapering side pockets 1), said side pocketsbeing located on the face of the table and forming a part thereof, andpockets d, for the reception I ard D, flat spring g, secured at one endto the top thereof and extending" parallel thereto, trigger 2?, forholding said spring in operative position, and ball-holder ]t' at thebase of I 5 said standard, substantially as hereinb'efore of the ballswhen playing, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. In a game-board, the combination of the table A, facial board 0, atone end thereof having ports Z), the tapering pockets 1) on the side ofsaid table, and end pockets cl, With a set forth.

swivel sprin 'un D at the end of the table opposite the bbard O,substantially as here- 1 LOUIS MEOABE inbefore set forth. lVitnesses:

JOSEPH ALWARD, FRANK B. GRAFF.

3. The combination of a game-board with a swivel springgun consisting ofthe stand-

